Lawrence Street Gallery

Current and Future Exhibitions / Past Exhibitions

Seven Signatures

April 30 - May 31, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, May 2 from 6pm - 9pm

Special Extended Hours: We will be open at 11am for “ ART DETROIT NOW” weekend on May 8, 9, and 10.

Lawrence Street Gallery will host Seven Signatures, a group exhibition from April 30 – May 31 with an artistsʼ reception on Friday, May 2 from 6:00 - 9:00 pm. Painting can be a lonely endeavor, but these seven women artists have a long history together painting, selling, exhibiting, and sharing weekly studio time at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Cener to offer stimulating critiques, inspiration and encouragement to each other. They are all members of the Birmingham Society of Women Painters (a group that begin in 1944 and was instrumental in establishing the BBAC). The artists are: Elizabeth Sylvester and Emily Patz of Beverly Hills, Janet Clarke of Birmingham, Lillian Moran and Marica Tournay of Troy, Margaret Kelleher of Bloomfield Hills, and Fran Nicolson of Bingham Farms.

Read about the artists and see a preview

The 2008 Invitational

June 4 - 28, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday,June 6 from 6pm - 9pm

Refreshments for the reception are graciously provided by the neighboring Woodward Avenue Brewery (WAB) and Emory Restaurants. Reception attendees will receive a discount coupon for dining at these establishments, just three doors down from the gallery.

This popular annual exhibition reveals the latest work of over fifty of our Gallery members' most admired artists in southeast Michigan. This show will contain work by artists who are well-known in the community as well as some new faces, and there will be a special emphasis on three dimensional art. The diversity of art will reflect the excitement of an outdoor fine art festival brought inside with paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, fiber art and unique jewelry, pottery and sculpture.

Fill the Frame Juried Exhibition

July 2 - 25, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, July 11 from 6pm - 9pm

Attention Artists: The call for entries for FILL THE FRAME has now ended as we have reached our maximum.

Our neighbors at the Woodward Avenue Brewery (WAB) and Emory Restaurants will again graciously provide refreshments and discount dining coupons to reception attendees, for a complete evening of art and food.

Fill the Frame is a completely new kind of competition that has captured the enthusiasm of the artistic community. The Gallery has provided identical frames for each artist (over 100 artists have entered) to fill as they desire with their creations. Visitors will be intrigued to see our walls adorned with works confined to identical 14 x 21 inch parameters, yet beautifully individualized with a vast array of media, subjects and styles.

The Juror for this exhibition is Nora Venturelli, Instructor of Drawing and Painting as Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University since 1997.